Geen sport voor watjes wrote:JJ back to Munster next year by all accounts

Would love to see this as I feel that he is the better option than Keatley. Problem is, would he be happy to return and play as understudy to Tyler? As stated before, I believe that if he is to return to Ireland then he should go to Connacht as he would certainly get more game time at 10 there and I would love to see him form a partnership with Marmion.

3 years seems to be a long contract for anyone who's 34, I know hes rarely injured but the older we get the more the body breaks down especially for rugby players so we could see him pick up a few here or there

It also could be disheartening for some of the young guys coming through

Golden wrote:Signed up til 2020. Hell be 37 by the time that deal is up. To be fair if anyone will still be playing at a high level at that age it will be him. Although hell have some miles on the clock.

36. He only turned 33 a few weeks ago.

marty2086 wrote:3 years seems to be a long contract for anyone who's 34, I know hes rarely injured but the older we get the more the body breaks down especially for rugby players so we could see him pick up a few here or there

It also could be disheartening for some of the young guys coming through

Jack Conan may be a bit upset OK.

Heaslip will be 7 months older than Rory Best will when their respective contracts end.

rodders wrote:

carpet baboon wrote:Do you think he will go I to coaching? I know he has other business interests, but think he would make a decent coach

Doubt it saying he openly hates the game and never watches it outside of lining his own pock ... I mean playing it...

What he actually says is that he focuses all his attention on playing the game and any watching of the game he does is for analysis. He won't watch it as a fan until he retires. (Which is slightly different to hating the game)

marty2086 wrote:3 years seems to be a long contract for anyone who's 34, I know hes rarely injured but the older we get the more the body breaks down especially for rugby players so we could see him pick up a few here or there

It also could be disheartening for some of the young guys coming through

Jack Conan may be a bit upset OK.

Heaslip will be 7 months older than Rory Best will when their respective contracts end.

Wait for the up before praising it... but yes, I did tell you lads a while back that yous were overdoing the gloom and that you were probably next on the list for a major refit in coaching/player terms.

So it looks like poor Connacht is the one that has been yet again knocked back and is once again unclear about its future.

I reckon there could be a clearout because they've signed Fardy as well as 7 academy graduates and are looking to sign James Lowe from the Chiefs. The highlighted players look the most likely to stay.

Bringing through 7 from the academy is good going. Also considering two of them are outhalfs in Ross Byrne and Joey Carbery, those are usually hens-teeth to find.

The signing of Fardy as a lock still feels a bit wierd would it be better to have a pure lock enforcer than a flanker being outsized moving to the second row, we must be expecting a good few of our current options not to be around next season. And with Ryan coming through the system and Molony still very young there some decent competition appearing in the second row.